I was able to meet up with the Shreeve family on a chilly day in Austin to capture these fun photos of their family.
It was such fun for me – as it always is – to watch the kids play and interact.
Here are a few more favorites! Enjoy!
January 13, 2012 - 1:56 pm
The mom looks like a teenager! I love the 2nd photo of the kids behind the wall; very cool. 
January 13, 2012 - 3:11 pm
oh my word, how much do i love the shreeve family, and THESE PICTURES!!! so, so cute! res · o · lu · tionnoun • a resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something.
• the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been frustrated at my inability to work on large projects a little bit at a time. To do the things that need to be done every day – things like exercise and scripture reading. As the new year has begun, I’ve been thinking of how I could make this year different and actually make some changes. So, I’ve been reading a lot. Books. Blog posts. Pinterest pins. And as I’ve been mulling everything over, I’m starting to see what hasn’t worked for me in the past and what seems to be working differently over the past few days. I used to think that making a resolution for the new year meant setting a goal that I was progressing toward. And while I’ve made lots of those kinds of resolutions, I can’t think of many that I’ve actually accomplished. I used to think that in order to have self discipline, I had to adhere to a strict schedule every day. (Wake up at 5:00, exercise for 60 minutes, scriptures for 30 minutes, make a hot breakfast for G-Man, make his lunch, get him off to school, put L down for a nap, etc…) And when that schedule got messed up, I would give up, watch Top Chef and bemoan my lack of self discipline. Over the past few days, I’ve made some changes. I thought they were little changes, but I’m starting to realize they are quite profound changes for me. I’m learning that in my world, a resolution is not a goal with a final destination, (i.e. Lose 30 pounds by G-Man’s birthday) but just having the resolve to do a couple of important things every day. Just DOING SOMETHING EVERY DAY. It’s a tiny paradigm shift, but it’s been bringing me some huge personal victories this week. Things like: • Saying to Diggity this morning, “Honey, I need you to help me find 30 minutes today so I can go do my Couch to 5K training run today.” And then actually figuring out when that 30 minutes would be. • Breaking my big projects – photography projects, writing projects, household projects – into 15 minute chunks. And setting a timer for 15 minutes and moving onto the next project when my time is up. I’ve been more productive over the past few days because the timer keeps me from constantly drifting into emailFacebookTwitterPinterest land. • After not getting up on schedule this morning – something that would have normally sent my day into a scheduling tail-spin – instead turning a small victory by getting showered and dressed before the kids woke up. • Spending time studying my scriptures on Sunday night and finding some awesome discoveries for my Scripture Journal. But when I didn’t make time to study with my journal yesterday – something that I would have normally given myself a mental beating about – taking a few moments through the day to continue reading on the scripture app on my phone, and making notes that I want to transfer to my journal in my Evernote app. Some things are just important enough to do every day. Getting them done is my creative challenge each day. I’ll keep you posted on how I’m doing from time to time. And what else I learn about myself. So, happy 2012. I hope you’re feeling resolutionary too.
Here’s to going with what works. 4 comments 
January 11, 2012 - 1:15 am
Thanks for pointing out these subtle differences that really make all the difference. I will look through this lens at my own resolutions, and see what I can do differently, more resolutely. I love learning from the experiences of others. I appreciate you! 
January 11, 2012 - 9:44 am
awesome post Macy! I ditto much of what you said. oh in so many ways! XO 
January 16, 2012 - 5:44 pm
[...] And as a follow up to my resolutionary post from the other day, I absolutely loved this reminder from my Quote wall on [...]
January 18, 2012 - 11:50 am
[...] resolution plan of mine is working out so far. And I’m really glad about that. Not that it’s easy every day, [...] As I’ve slllloooowly been catching up from the holidays and life in general, I’m finally able to catch up on blogging some of my photography posts. I’ve managed to share photos on Facebook as I get them finished, (Come visit my page! And go ahead and push that “Like” button while you’re there!) but haven’t posted them here. And I’m so excited to start with this one. (Just in case you were wondering where all the photography was on this photography blog.) I love the Balmforths. They’re such a great family, and they’ve been so generous to us in always opening their home when we make our way back to Massachusetts. Allison and I now have a goal to get their family pictures taken in as many quintessential New England spots as possible. Last fall, we did their shoot during leaf season at a farm near their home. This year, the beach:
One thing about the Balmforths – they LOVE the beach.
And another thing about the Balmforths – they LOVE to have fun.
Aaaahhh! I miss you guys! 2 comments
January 9, 2012 - 9:13 pm
i love the photos and i love the balmforths. 
January 10, 2012 - 10:17 pm
I think I’ve seen these pictures 100 times and they still put a big smile on my face. So thankful for the miracle weather that day and so thankful for you Macy! You help create priceless memories. Looking forward to the next quintessential spot! Little L had her first official haircut today. I have given her a couple little trims, but her hair was getting a little crazy on the sides and I knew it was getting beyond my abilities. So, off to the kids haircut place we went!
She was happy when we started, but deteriorated as the haircut went on. By the time we got back to the car, her mood looked a little bit more like this:
She cheered up later. Isn’t that haircut cute!?!
No haircut tears from this guy, in fact, he was so proud of himself because he picked out his movie and sat through his haircut with no help or reminders from me. And since haircut=lollipop, it’s all smiles from G-Man.
I got a much overdue haircut today too. Love a haircut. What is it about a haircut that makes the day so much better? Is it the haircut itself or the fact that someone else fixes your hair for you? And, we were able to try a new burger place called Hopdoddy with the BEST MILKSHAKE I’VE EVER HAD. (Sea Salt & Caramel. YUMMMM. So good, I may not even try the other flavor I wanted to try – Nutella & Pretzel) I hope your weekend is full of happy things like haircuts and milkshakes! 3 comments 
January 6, 2012 - 10:27 pm
Yes, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the new haircut. Not sure sea salt and chocolate will ever replace my love for peanut butter and chocolate ; ) 
January 7, 2012 - 11:45 am
Such a cute haircut..and G looks so handsome with his haircut. The house is so empty…miss you guys.
January 7, 2012 - 11:46 am
Such a cute haircut and such a cutie pie girl…and G looks so handsome with his haircut. The house is so empty…we miss you guys. Jiggity, jig. Glad to be home. So. Very. Glad. Even if it means I’m surrounded with this:
And this:
And that my entry way looks like this after the boxes arrived from Utah:
I’ll spare you photos of the rest of the house. It will get cleaned up eventually, right? I did make a lot of progress unpacking and cleaning, but I’ve discovered that if I want to get things done, I just need to keep moving. Because if I sit down, I totally lose steam. Any pointers on how to overcome this? Is it just physics? 2 comments 
January 6, 2012 - 11:06 pm
Thank you for sharing! I’ve been stressing about my messy house a lot lately and just need to know that everybody has a messy house sometimes. Thank you, again! 
January 6, 2012 - 11:08 pm
I’m so glad this was helpful! Maybe I’ll take pictures of my clutter more often! I’ll also say – you have a newborn baby, my dear. Cleaning can wait. Hope you are doing well! |
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